The Sun. — London, England, 1864-01-08 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. A. very favourable impression is still predominant in the general discount market, and traders are consequently only supplying themselves with ac commodation for present purposes. It is generally considered probable that when the release of the Government and other dividends shall have been effected the available balances will be largely in creased, and the authorities will be moved to lower their official quotations. Already some of the bill brokers are workingi per cent. under the minimum of the Bank of England, but 613,- per cent. is still the ordinary Charge for first class three months' bills. The only bullion operation of importance at the Bank yesterday was a withdrawal of 107,000 sove• reigns for transmission to the Brazils. The Bank of Frankfort has reduced its rate of discount from 5 to 4-4- per cent. The changes shown in the following analysis of the Bank of England return should have been ex pected at this period of the year. Tke rather active demand for money lately experienced, and the expenditure of the Government, are seen in the increase of the other securities, and the decrease in the reserve notes, with a diminution in the bullion and the Government deposits. Active Circulation .. Increase .. •.. • • Decrease .. Rest .. £20,718,260 .. 592,230 .. 14,196.754 .. 165,851 .. 3,306,816 Increase •• • • 55,798 Public Deposits .. .. .. 10,001,932 Decrease .. .. .. 840,009 Other Deposits••. .. .. .. 13,05 2 , 60 4 Increase : 31,332 Seven Day and other Bills .. .. 604,044 Increase .. -• .. .. 43,536 Government Securities .. .. 10,957,189 Decrease • . •• • • • • 141 Other S ecur iti es .. .. .. 22,432,763 Increase .. .. .. .. 48,939 Notes Unemployed .. .. .. 7,446,000 Decrease .. .. .. .. 760,210 During the last few days a quieter tone has been apparent in the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets, the foggy weather having impeded the insPection of samples. Sugars have been neglected, but holders demand full rates. The public sales of Coffee were postponed, while only moderate trans- actions were reported in tea, cocoa, rice, saltpetre, and tallow at about former rates. Two O'CLOCK. At the adjourned meeting to-day of the British and American Exchange Banking Corporation, Mr. Cotterell, the solicitor to the company, stated that it was not necessary to allude to the re-election Of the directors in the notice convening the meeting. A shareholder then proposed a sort of compromise between the directors and shareholders, namely, that the board should consent to elect two mem bers, one for London, and the other for Liverpool, and to leave open the other two vacancies till the meetin g of the 26th February. This suggestion "lug been agreed to by the directors, the meet ing separated. At the Paris Bourse this morning (according to Mr. Reuter's telegram) were the Three per Cent. Renter quoted at 66f. 75c. Heavy. _No alt eration has token place to-day in the market for the 'English fund s , C onso l s re maining at M for In wleY, and at 91i afor the account. Business are o 5 b een very dull. The New Threea and Reduced ia, I nd - " 1 4 ; Exch equer Bill s , p ar t o 3s. prem. ; p 1 04 i. er Cents., 1061 ; Enfaced 5 per Cents., a The Foreign. p p ear ance, an Market has presented a very heavy d business is quiet. Turkish 6 per e o e nts., 1862, are 67, 68 ; di tto Consolides, 47i I ; can r eek Bond s , 241 ; Spanish Passive, 34 I; Maxi- I k ,: 36 ! ; Port u g uese , 47f, ; Russian, 88i 891.; Confederat e L oan , 38 40. bee: the ai " 88 in the Railway Share Market has again Leactiv e , but a firmer tone bas prevailed. 1 E —L°l a nd Exeter have improved £l, and Great I , B ,. ter al Bri g hton, an d N or th W es t er n, a bout ss. n " 8 Foreign and Colonial undertakings show ° change of importance. B ank and Miscellaneous Shares are in moderate re q u est. London and County have advanced to N; and Union of London to 41f ; Mauritius Credit are quoted li 1k prem.; National Shipping Company, s prem.; Pacific Steam, 11 11 prem . ; Contract Corporation, 2t 31- prem.; and Australian Steam, 2k 1, prem. BRITISH FUNDS—C LOSING . GoTERNMENT FUNDS. PRICES. 4 per Cent. Consols D itto Amount Feb. 4... per Cent. Reduced 3 per Cent 91 / 90/ 1/ New Neve 31 per Cent. Jan. 189 1 New 3 per Cent. Annuities 6 per C ent. Annuities, Jan. A nnuities, 30 April, 1885. yrs, expire bth Jan., 1880 — D itto for 30 y rs, exp i re s t h Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph) Aug. 1908 2l/ Ditto 5 pet Cent. 1870 Ditto 4 per Cent. 1888 . Ditto ditto 1864 or 66 r Ditto ditto Aug. - n r Cent. 3pm Pa April, 1864 Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2! & - per .. 2pm Par Ditto £6OO 2 Pm Par Ditto Bank Stock £loo and £2OO IlsiDlkli GOYERratENT SECURITIES. l ndia Stock _ , 1874 Ditto Account• • 1061 I i D itto 6 per Cent I )itto Account. .. — 10 0 / i D itto 4 per C Ditto Enlaced Pa 4 r Cent.... •• per, pe .. 1041 4 Ditto 5 per Cent Jan. 1872 ~ par liltr, bonds lit)t)0 _ Ditto under £l,OOO an REIGN FUNDS—CLOSING Austrian Bonda, 6 per Cent PRICES. ~ Ditto 1859 _ • 13raziiiml 6 per Cent Ditto, 1839 and 1869 881 7i 8 1 1 Ditto 41 per DittoC, 1852-58-60 BuenoB Ayres 6 per . Cent 72t £lOO Bonds 5i 5 i Colo £lOO 6 Scrip Z&O pd _ Cub, 6 per Cent. _ Ltulian 6 per Cent _ Ditto 4f per Cent, ..... Danish 4 per Cent., 1863. ,I)utch, 21 per Cent , Ex. 12 Guilders 4enador New Con.s.olidated. 1 per Cent — Ditto Provisonal t i Land Warrant. _ -, • gyptian 7 er Cent.. .... 101 I Ditto, Second Issue Cireek 6 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coup(ma• • Ditto Account ............ Ditto Coupons Ditto Account • 111 fluaternala 5 per Cent. ........•..• — Italian o per Cent.Marenunana Railway) Rexican 3 per Cent ..• . ........ Ditto per .... . ................ 36/ a NevrMoorish Imperial 5 per Cent ........... Granada - Ditto 2 per Cent. • .................. -- Ditto Deterred ...................... Peru Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares) ...... Dittvian 3per Cent. .......... , ..... o Account . . ... .............. DittDitto 41 per Cent., 1862 ............ o Account ........ . .. . • ...... 86 edmontese, 5 per Cent., •Ex. 26f — Ditto Ditto , 1863 ...................... S crip, £l5 paid„ ............ Pm Ditto Scrip (1863) £42 Bs. 3d, paid.... Pin Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 .......... Ditto Account .............. — Ditto 3 per Cent., 1866 • '7, '9, '6O, 62,'3 D Ditto per ...................... 471 i htusian 6 per Cent., 1822, £St — itto 41 per Cent 1850 DittDitto 1860 o per Cent., 1859 S ardinian - Ditto 5 per Cent, •1862 ...... 6 per Cent 6 panish 3 per Cent Ditto Ditto Account DittPassive Ditto o Account i l4 DittAccount o New Deferred Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded R I)itto Account "weclish, 4 per Cent. TarkiAll 6 per Cent. 1854 llitto Account Ditt o Hitt 6 per C ent. 1858 o Account 691 ! )i ttc 6 per C ent. 1862 oitto Acco unt • 6B 7 I ... Ditto, .100 Bonds 6Bk n Ditto 6 per Cent. 1863 Ditto G uaratteed, 4 per Cent _Ditto D ebentures, 4 per Ct., Oct., 1863 »ezuela 3 per Cent. .......... Dittitto . .count Ditto o per Cent., 1862 Account Dividende on the above payable in London. tOAustrian, 5 per Cent.. Ex. 10 Florins. teiatt 4 per Cont., Ex. 25f. ' "cett Rentes, 41 per Cent., Ex. 25f — betch2l per Cent., Er. 12 Gull .. Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates °a lien, 5 per Cent 1861 Er. 25 francs.. •, , 67k i Ditto A ccount.„. THREE O'CLOCK. Cfltisols 'Money ............... 9 1 it Dit to Account .................... • 91 1 i SHARE MARKETS,---This day, ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOLS. Closing Business Baliways. Paid. Price. done. 3.14) Bir., Wol., and Str. Val. 25 Blythe and Tyne. 10 Bost.,Sleat.,and st Bristol and Exeter st Caledonian 50 Cork and Bandon 20 Cornwall 10 Do A A gets no div 10 Do. B ti 5p e.p /been paid to B. , 50 Dublin & Beliast June. 25 :Dun.,Perth,&Ab. Juno. st !Edinburgh & Glasgow. st 'Glasg. and S. Western. st I GreatEastern, Ord. stk st Ditto A stock at Ditto East Anglian st St ,G reatNor thot Scotland et ! G reat Northern et I Do A stock st Do B do et Gt. S. and W. of Ireland st Great Western et Do Str Val gun.. stock st Lancashire & Yorkshire st !London and Blackwall st !Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast st !Lon., Chat., and Dover st Lou.! & North Western St !Lon. & Scr.th Western et Man., Slid., & Lincoln. 50 Maryport and Carlisle. 124 Do shares st Metropolitan st Midland 1.4.0 Do New st Do Birming. & Derby 50 Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland 25 Do. 11 shares 25 Mid Keit t 10 Do Cray Line st North British st lEdin., Perth, & Dundee St Nth. Eastern—Berwick 25 Do, G.N.E. purchase st Do Lecds st Do York st Do Carlisle st Orth London 10 ! Do New 9.15.4 North Staffordshire 10 N. and S. W. Junction st ;Scottish Central at 'Scot N. E., Aber. stook St Do Scot. Mid. stock 10 !Shrews. and Weichpool et Shropshire Union st South Devon st South Eastern st South Wales !st ,S. York. and River Dun 20 Staines, Wok.,andWok. 25 !Stockton & Darlington 25 8 8i Fi 8i 84 E 6 120 h 1211 86 1211 7 4 Do Do New, 188& it 'Taff Vale.. .0 Do B 10 Do e N ,ulster 25 Do 2.10 Do st !Vale of Neath st !Victoria eta. and Pim st 'Waterford Az Kilkenny st West Cornwall st IW. Hartlepool Har.&R i st 'West Midland —Oxford st Do Newport st Do Hereford, 50 i r 1213& I i 133 21 110/ 11 108 i 1071 I i 10a 129 i 101 i 39 59k 79 8 33j 96 51 6 67} 101 BRITISH P Railways tantio & St Lawrene, Bom.,Baroda(t.Cent Ind Gu. s . per cent.. Do. New Do. E. Shares... Buffalo and LaJte !Junin Do. Preterunce Buffalo,Brant,&-Godrich 6 p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 187:: Do. do. July 1, 187:- Do. do. June 1, 1;,74 Clcutta.tt S. Eastn. (Lin , Cape Town Dock Seri] Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. East Indian. gu. 5 p. c. Do. do. (.1 Ext.... . DC:. do. H do. .. Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Ist Pref. Bonds.. Do. ao. deferred...... Do. 2d Fret. Bones.. Do. do. deferred—...„ Do. 3d P, ef. stock Do. do. delerred...... Do. 4th Pref. stock... Do. do. deferred...... Gt.lnchaPentn.gua. s p.o Do. New gua. 5 p. 0. Do. January, 1862 .. Gt. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per oent. Gt. W. of Canada Share:. Do. New ....... Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. Do. 5i p. o. do. '77-8.... Indian Branch Limited Madras guar., 5 p. o. DO. 4t p. o. Extension De. 44 do ..... • Do. Fifth Extension. uelb.corp. p. o. slelb. & Hobson's Bay. Do. 7 p. c. Kortg. Bds. New Br unamok a Canth Class A and B . N. Rl.C'da6 po ist p tbds Soinde Do. Delhi Do. do •••• %.Z.l aGi no. Punjaub .... Do. Do. ........ Do. Intlus.St. Flo. COLONIAL GOVER I 'no', INTENT SECURITIES. uan.lirov. 6 p.c.J a ,Sz.J ul3 1877-84 ......... Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug. Do. 6 p. o. Mar.. Sept. Do. E p. a. Jan.&July. Do. 5 Inscribed stock Cape G.llope, 6 p c,187:t Do.Ap .t Oct. 1880 Do. 189 c Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6 p Mauritius 6 per cent .. Natal Gov. 6 per cent.. N.B.Gov. 6 pm. J a.&July Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oot. N. S.W. G ov. 5 p 1,180( Do. 5 p. to Urir Do. d0.,1888 upwds New Zealand 6 p cent. Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c. sterling„ 1875. Queensland Gcv. ap. C. IS. Aue G6p.e.1878.& up.. Vio.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July Do. to 6 n.c. 102 104 1(3 105 103 105 91 02 90 92 106 108 109 111 110 112 108 110 110 112 104 106 t 8 110 102 104 99 100 99 100 99.1 100} LO7 109 100 100 100 100 100 10S 105 109 111 101 1 111 04 108 110 111 1101 4 I . BRITISH MINES. 2 'Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 ftcl !ulitlord Amalgamated 364 175 Devon a Con..;Tavist ) 1 675 685 East Bassett (Illogan) 30 65 67 664 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd 52. 5d par East Caradon ..... . • ?..14.4 , 27 28 East Cam Brea.... E. WI Russel (Tavistk ) 8.9.0 5Si Gam.itSt.Aunyn(Gwen ; 581 8 10 Great South Tolgus l7s 45 41 G. Wheal Vor(llelstort , 40 14 15 15 Grenville . tier:Ws-Foot 8.12 17 39 El ingston Downs 4 . 18.0 24 3 Lady Bertha Margaret (tiny Lelant 97 19 21 Marke Valley.. 4 Myndy Iron Ore (Lim ) 2k 15 141 New Setun .. 191 90 100 • North Downs 2l 14 2 Basset(lllogan, 3.1.0 21 3 North Wheal Crotty ear Consols(St. Blaze), Providenee(Uny Lelnt.) 10.8.7 44 46 South Caradon(St.Cleer, 15 425 435 S. Cam Brea (Illogan) — i W heai Fran. (Mo) an: 18.14.9 60 65 Stray Park 30.17.6 25 30 ' ramar Silv.dz Lead Min 4i 5 1 Lin Croat 9 19 194 West Basset (Mogan) li 11 12 W C radon (Liskeard) 5 20 2t West Soton Wheal Basset (Mogan) 54 85 90 Wheal Buller(Redruth) 5 20 25 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 2.0.6 WhealLuchott Wheal Mary Ann (Men ) 8 12 125 Wheal Setun . 584 150 180 Wheal Treiawney (Lis.) 7 22 23 IVheal Union 3.17 3 Si PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Tvorthern, 5 per cent., red. at 5 per cent. pm., 110 Great Western Orig. 4f per cent. pf:, 97} r, Gt. Western, Wt. Midland, Oxford, 2d guaranteed stock, 121 Gt. Western, W. Midland gua. shares 5f per cent, 1863, 5f f Midland 4 per cent. pf. stk. rd., 103 4 Ditto 4f per cent., irred., 104 Midland, Leicester and Hitchin 4 per et_ 05 f Stockton and Darlington, B 6 per cent., 28f PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Metropolitan 5 per cent., 1071 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Birkenhead, 91 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, Si 9 Bahia and San Francisco (Um.) gua. 7 per cent., 181 Namur and Liege gua. 14f. per annum,. Si Recite and San Francisca (lira.), gua. 7 per cent., V) San Paulo (lim.), gua. 7 per cent., 81 Ditto (ail), 21 I 201 Turin and Savona, Ditto (all), 14 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Alliance Bank of Lon aan and Liverpool (Um.), 461 Ditto, new, 32 Anglo Austrian, 61 Australasia, 771 7 Bank of Egypt, 265 Bank of ()tag°, Um., 21 Bank of Queensland (lim), 15 Bank of Wales, lim., 91 104 Brazilian and Portuguese, lim., 7f British and American Exchange (1.1 m.), 181 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 40 1 City, 120 4 20 14 Consolidated Bank, lim., 10; English and Irish (lim.), 81 9 English and Swedish, Urn., 4 European Bank, Rm., 34 Imperial Bank (11m.),•:241 Imperial Ottoman, 174 1 Land Mortgage Bank of India, lira., 41 London and Brazilian (lira.), 545 London, Buenos Ayres, and River Plate, 48 London and County, 614 London ,Joint Stock, 39a London and South African, 27 London and Westminster, 825 2 Merchant Bank, lim , 61 Metrop. and Prov. Bank (lim.), 224 1 3 Oriental Bank Corporation, 584 Scinde, Punjanb, and Delhi (Um), 61 1 1 Union of Ireland 201 Union of London, 411 1 MISCELLANEOUS. Anglo-Mexican Mint, 18 A 4 Discount Corporation, limited, 111 English and Australian Copper, 24 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, lim., 01 4 1 Hudson's Bay. 1 7 1 International Financial Society, Um., 91 4 Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour), Ditto, 6 per cent. Bonds, redem. 1670, issued 90, 83 Joint •stock Discount, 6; 75 London Financial Association, 'llm.. 251 4 5 a National Discount Company,lirn., 104 National Steam Navigation, Um., 24 12 Quebrada Land, Rail , and Mining, I im., 2 South Australian Land, 34 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), lim., 74 Universal Marine (1.1 m,) insurance, 55 128 134 130 10) 65) 110} 111 73 74 108' HO 43 444 107 4074 101; 1020 50 50A 110 Ili 129 129} 11 11- , 96 1.0 53 64 25 Y 6 103! 104 j 59 60 90 91 120 125 1 2 p 78) 79} 11 124 120 93 45 88 100 63 0 33 iti 951 06 98 100 10 101 e 8 39 91 101 D 71 8 p 168 160 5 ' 61 v 21 Sip 83 86 170 175 22 25 ;HONS. Closing Price. 60 C 2 1041 I( 5. i 1 P i 1 P 6 6i i Si 14 102 IC4 101 103 106 107 IC5i 104 P. 20} 21i Gi 74 16 6) (52 67 69 53 6 , 61 53 41 43 27 29 23 05 ligi )07i li 101 1} lb 1031 1041 10 101 11 100 ! 93 95 86 88 an 101 106 OS 100 w 4 93 57 59 3 5 82 84 104 105 1031 1041 I IP 1034 1041 100 102 THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 8, 1864. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH - STREET. UNFOUNDED CHARGE OF FELONY.—Anne Hooter, 1, King's-place, St. James's, was charged before Mr. Knox with stealing a gold Albert chain, of the value of £2, the property of Mr. Frederick Pansmore, artist, 15, Nassau street, Middlesex Hospital. On the accused being placed at the bar, Sergeant Harrison, the acting inspector at Vine-street Police-station, said that at a quarter-past four this morning the accused was brought up to the station by a constable and the complainant, charging her with steal;ng his gold Albert chain while in Piccadilly. The charge was entered, and almost immediately afterwards the complainant found his chain in his pocket. He (the sergeant) in consequence took bail for the accused. yv Mr. Knox said the complainant had placed himself in a very awkward predicament, and he would recommend him to make the accused some compensation, or he would be liable to an action for false imprisonment. The accused was then discharged. IVESTMINSTEFt. JUVENILE PurEßlNG.—Dennis Murphy, John Mur phy, and Wm. Whiting, three ragged and dirty bays, were charged with stealing a large piece of bacon from out side the shop of Mrs. Anne Filbee, cheesemonger, 13, Moreton-street, Pimlico. John Ferris, shopman to Mrs. Filbee, said that about 6 o'clock yesterday evening the piece of bacon was outside the shop exposed for sale. A lady came into the shop and told witness that some boys were loitering outside ; and as wit ness had only a boy with him in the shop he went and asked a neighbour to look after them, and about 10 minutes afterwards a person brought one of the boys in with the bacon. . . Mr. Burrella, grocer, 11, Moretoa•street, said that his attention was drawn to the boys by last witness. He stood opposite and watched the three prisoners. The younger Murphy (Dennis) walked by two or three times and then took the bacon. He then crossed to Whiting and gave him the bacon, which he concealed under his coat. They then joined John Murphy, who had been keeping watch opposite witness's shop, and all three boys walked away together. Witness followed and took Whiting,who dropped the bacon on his foot. The first witness pursued the others and cap tured them. Whiting's father stepped forward and said his boy had got into bad company. He had only been in London four days, and had come from Suffolk.• Police-constable Croono proved that the two Murphys had been before convicted, and that Murphy's father-in law, when informed of the affair, treated it very lightly. Ferris stated that some months ago the younger Mur phy had stolen 81bs. of bacon from their shop, but they had boxed his ears and sent him away. Mr. Selfe said he should certainly send Dennis Mur phy to a reformatory, and remanded the prisoners till Friday next, for the attendance of Murphy's father-in: law. THAMES, A PERSEVERING LOVER.-Mr. Stoddart, soliciter, came before Mr. Partridge, after the applications for warrants, summonses, and advice had been heard, and the first night eharge had been placed in the dock, and after an apology for the interruption, requested a tall, military looking man, with what the ladies call a handsome moustache, to step into the witness box, and ho did so very quickly. Mr, Stoddart then said, —I know lam behind time, but this case is a very urgent one. My client paid his addresses to a young woman, and they were to be married, but unfortu nately about 12 months ago he lost his father, and his mother was left a widow with a large family to main tain. The young man, from prudential considerations, gave up the idea of marriage, and devoted his time and attention to his widowed mother and her family. Hi s intended bride, however, insisted on his fulfilling his pro mise to marry her, and on his refusal to do so, her love changed to hatred. She annoyed and insulted him and threatened to take his life. He was at last compelled to seek the protection of the law, and she was bound over to keep the peace towards him by your worship or your colleague. She has lately demanded a renewal of the tender and honourable intercourse which formerly existed between them. He has refused to hal, e anything to do with her, and she has threatened him with revenge, and recommenced her system of annoyance. She has threatened him, created a disturbance, and been to his place of abode several times and called him out, I believe she will injure him very seriously if she is not restrained. Mr. Partridge—Take your summons. Mr. Stoddart—A. peace summons against the lady for using threatening language. It is necessary it should be granted immediately—my client holds a situation in the Church establishment, and it is in danger through the con duct of the female in question. The summons was then made out. MARKETS—This Day. MARK-LANE. Fresh up to our market this morning the arrivals of Eng lish wheat by land carriage were small, and the receipts by water extremely limited. Both for red and white qualities the trade ruled firm, and prices advanced is per qr. from Monday last. _ . . With foreign wheat the market was by so means exten sively supplied. Importers were very firm in their demands, and all descriptions were held at is per qr. more money. A very moderate business was, however, transacted. Floating cargoes of grain ruled firm, and prices had an upward tendency. For good and fine malting barley there was a steady de mand at extreme rates; otherwise, the barley trade was quiet on former terms. Malt was in fair average request at late quotations. The supply of foreign oats on sale was large. About an average business was transacted in most descriptions at pro vious currencies. Beans and peas moved off steadily, and late prices were well supported. Barrel flour was very scarce, and firm in price. Country marks met a steady sale, and the quotations had an upward tendency. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flout. English.— 160 1,630 1630 70 470 1ri5h.......... I 1200 Forelgn.... —14,250 5,830 40,080 ske, NEW GATE AND LEADENHALL. The supply of meat on sale to-day was very moderate. For all qualities the trade ruled firm at enhanced currencies Per 81b. by the carcase. sdad Inferior beef .. 3 2 3 4 Middling do. .. 3 6 3 10 Frime large do. 4 0 4 2 Do. small do. .. 4 4 4 6 Large pork .... 3 10 4 6 Inferior mutton. 3 10 4 4 odad Middlingmutton 4 6 4 8 Prime do 4 10 5 0 Veal Small pork 4 8 6 0 Lamb .... 0 0 0 0 BOROUGH HOP. The supply of English hops on sale continuos very mode rate, and the trade rules firm in the extreme on higher terms. With foreign produce the market is by no means extensively supplied, and there is a good demand for all qualities at enhanced rates. Mid and East Kents £5 5s to £9 lOs per owl Weald of Kents 5 Os to 6 15s ~ Sussex 5 56 to 6 Os ~ Bavai ian Belgian American COLONIAL. TEA.—The operations have been on a very limited scale, and quotations are unaltered. SUGAR.—Business has in some measure been suspended, owing to foggy weather, which has prevented the inspec ton of samples. In the private market, however, full rates are current. COFFEE.—The public sales of Colonial have been post• poned owing to the fog, but late rates are generally de. mended by holders and importers. RlCE.—There has been a good enquiry for inferior de , scriptions for exportation, and quotations generally ten upwards. • TALLow.—The market remains dull. P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted new, 425; old, 41s 9d to 425. March, 41s 9d to 425, and last three months' 45s per cwt. THE BURNS MONUMENT AT EDINBURGH.—A very gratifying proof of the popularity of the mu seum now formed in this structure was afforded on the first two days of the year, when the number of visitors (each paying 2d.) amounted to nearly 500. Several interesting relics have been added within the last month, among which may be mentioned the snuff•horn of 'outer Johnnie, con tributed byMr. Porteous, Maybole ; a snuffbox made from the wood of the Kilmarnock printing-press, in which the first edition of Burns's poems was printed. presented by Mr. Hannay, Maybole ; a very characteristic letter from the bard to a Mr, Tennant, the gift of Mr. H. Houldeworth, jun., Glasgow ; and a letter front Mr. Burns to his early friend Sloan, containing a graphic description of the dissi pation which at that time prevailed at country roupings, presented by Councillor Falshave, Edinburgh.—Scotsmata. RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—A very serious accident took place on Wednesday on the Northern Railway at the nurrifitte station. A passenger-train which was duo at Paris from Calais at a quarter past four, and which had been delayed by some injuries to its locomotive, had con• tinned its way with difficulty to the station just mentioned, and there stopped. The trival signals were immediately made to protect it, but at that moment a train from Brussels came in sight of the station, and,notwithstanding the signal' made to stop it, ran violently into the former and knocked five of the carriages into pieces. Seeing the impending danger, an inspector at the station had opened the carrit.ge doors, so that a number of persons were able to alight. Five passengers were, however, killed, and 19 more or less seriously wounded. The persons in the Brussels train experienced no injury beyond the shock. All the wounded passengers were brought to Paris in the evening. Another account makes the number of sufferers, killed or wounded, to be 50, and states that all the passenger& luggage has been burnt. The accident is attributed to the neglect and mismanagement of a pointsman. Itoyal National Lifeboat Institution. Yesterday a meeting of this institution was held at its house, John-street, Adelphi—Thomas Chap man, Esq., F.R.S., V.P., in the chair. There were also present—Captain Sir E. Perrott, Bart., W. H. Harton, Esq., Admiral W. H. Hale, F.R.S., J. Boctefeur, Esq., Captain Egerton, R.N., John Griffith, Esq., and Captain J. R. Ward, RN, in spector of lifeboats to the institution. Mr. LEWIS, the secretary, having read the minutes of the previous meeting, rewards amount. ing to £177 lls 6d were voted to pay the crews of the following lifeboats of the institution, in acknow ledgment of their gallant services in rescuing ship wrecked crews, consisting of 198 persons hereinafter named :—Holyhead lifeboat, for saving 48 persons from the wrecked vessels—barque Confiance, of Liverpool; barque Eliz Abeth Morrow, of Glasgow ; schooner l'Enerance, of Nantes; and schooner Elizabeth, of Whitehaven. Filey lifeboat, for rescu ing 2 out of 3of a fishing boat crew. Tenby lifeboat, for saving a fishing boat's crew of 3 men. Barmouth lifeboat, for rescuing the crew of 5 men from the schooner Margaret and Jane, of Dublin. Penarth lifeboat, for assisting to save the ship Jupiter and her crew of 8 men in a collision: Swansea life boat, for rescuing 18 men from the barque Duke of Northumberland, of London. Lland won lifeboat, for saving the schooner Harry Russell, of Barrow, and her crew of 8 men, and also the crew of 4 men from the brigan tine Maria, of Alnwick. Skerries lifeboat, for saving the logger Vigilant, of Peel, Isle of Man, and her crew of 7 men. Southport lifeboat, for rescuing 8 of the crew of the ship David White Clinton, of New York. Port Madoc lifeboat, for saving the schooner Economy and her crew of 5 men. Irvine lifeboat, for saving 3 men from the smack Lewis, of Campbeltown. Aberystwith life boat, for assisting to save the brig Mary Anne, of Scilly, and her crew of 7 men. Thurso lifeboat, for rescuing the crew of 15 men from the barque Graces, of Shields. Lytham lifeboat, for saving the schooner Fame, of Preston, and her crew of 5 men. Bacton lifeboat, for saving 22 men from the barque Ina, of North Shield 3, and the schooner Ellen, of Jersey. Carmarthen Bay lifeboat, for assisting to save the ship British India, of Liverpool, and her crew of 27 men. Aldborough lifeboat, for rescuing 3 fishermen and the boat from destruction—making a total of 198 lives saved by the institution's lifeboats during the fearful gales of last month.. The silver medal of the institution was voted to Mr. Wm. Cubitt, of Bacton, in testimony of his gallant services in the Becton lifeboat, as above mentioned. The silver medal of the institution was also voted to James Candlish, coxswain of the Lytham lifeboat of the society, in testi mony of his general gallant conduct, in assisting to save in the lifeboat a large number of lives from various wrecks. Payments amounting to £133 4s. 21. were also voted to pay the expenses of six- teen lifeboats of the institution, on putting off in reply to signals of distress, with the view of saving life from vessels which did not from various causes ultimately require the assistance of the boats. Some of these services were often attended with as much risk and toil as those of the lifeboats which actually saved life. The Ramsgate lifeboat, in conjunction with the steam tug Aid, belonging to the Board of Trade, also performed a noble service on the night of the 23 ult., in rescuing, during a fearful gale of wi❑d, 102 lives from the emigrant ship Fusilier, of London, and 18 men from the barque Demerara,. of Greenock. The institution voted its silver medal to Isaac Jarman, the gallant coxswain of the life boat, and its thanks, i❑scribed on vellum, to the master of the steam tug. The crews of the boat and steamer have been paid elsewhere. Rewards amounting to £5l ss. were also voted to the crews of shore boats and other persons for rescuing during the recent storms 56 lives from different wrecks. Inspecting Lieutenant Kennedy R.N., of the Coast Guard, put off in a heavy gate of wind in a boat with his crew of four men to the rescue of the schooner Gleaner, off the coast of Kerry. After having been capsized twice in the heavy surf they succeeded on the third time, after extraordinary efforts, in getting through the breakers, and in saving the five shipwrecked men. The institution voted its silver medal to Lieutenant Kennedy, and £8 to his crew, in testimony of their intrepid and persevering services on the occasion. Again, the only survivor of the crew of the sloop Tredegar was seen on a plank near the shore, off Walton, and was seen suddenly to be washed off. A fisherman, named Charles Bacon, immediately rushed into the surf to his rescue. He was found insensible; but Bacon succeeded nevertheless in bringing him ashore, and afterwards, with some help, in carrying the poor man to a cottage. Many more cases of daiing acts during the re cent storms might be detailed did space permit. However, it is satisfactory to know that 374 lives were saved from different wrecks during the storms of the past month by the lifeboats of the institu tion and other means—a most gratifying and en couraging result, and showing clearly the noble and strenuous efforts that are now constantly put forth to save shipwrecked sailors, mainly through the instrumentality of this valuable and patriotic society. Reports were read from the inspector and assis tant-inspector of lifeboats of the institution on their recent inspection of its lifeboats on the west and south west coasts. The lifeboats were found every where in excellent order, and reflecting much credit on the local committees and the coxswains of the boats. oo It was reported that Lady Cunningham Fairlie and E. W. R.A., F.R.S., had pre sentedtott institutionC ooke, Esq., the cost of two lifeboats. Joseph Leather, Esq., o f Fairfield Mount, had also promised to defray the cost of two lifeboats. Lady Cotton Sheppard had presented £250 to the institu tion, £5O of which sum s h e had collected from her friends and others, to defray the cost of an addi- tional lifeboat for the Carnarvonshire coast. Her ladyship had previously given the society the cost of two lifeboats. W. N. Rudge, Esq., had also collected upwards of £550 on the London Stock Exchange for the institution. Sermons had i b een preached o aid , of its ifunds by the Reverend Frederick Reade, of Brighton; and by the Reverend J. H. M`Cheane, M.A,, of Leeds. Pay ments amounting to £1,420, were made on various lifeboat establishments. During the past month the society had sent new lifeboats to Pembrey, Eastbotirne, and to Arklow, and eight other lifeboats were ordered to be built forthwith. The books and accounts for the past year of the institution were ordered to be sent to Mr. Begbie, the public accountant, who had been the auditor of the society for the past ten or twelve years. _ _ A cordial vote of thanks was given to M. Chap man for his valuable and zealous co-operation dur ing the past year. A vote of thanks was also pre sented in similar terms to Sir Edward Parrott. Bart., as chairman of the Preparatory Committee of the society. The proceedings then terminated. CONSTANTINOPLE iF, in all things most essential an Eastern place. Though it has no palm-trees, like Damascus and Bagdad, it is the capital of Islam. Though the camels do not litter the streets, as at Cairo and Jerusalem, it is the residence of the Sultan of sultans, the Sheikh of Sheikhs. The hearts of all Moslems, that is to say, of nearly all Orientals, turn daily and hourly towards the Seraglio and the Seraskier Tower : whence go forth blessings or abominations over all the land, from the mouths of the Danube to the waters of the Blue and White Niles. To Stamboul come all the children of the sun. The tall and pale Circassian, the dark-eyed, cunning Armenian, the subtle and dangerous Fanarieto Greek, the swarthy Arab, who lives in tents, the black Nubian from beyond the Soudan, the savage pirate of the Riff—all swarm to Con stantinople as their common capital and home. No spot in the world can show so strange a gathering of rnen as the Pent bridge. Nor is either the street life or the domes tic life unbiblical. The costumes, the salutations, the veiled women, the riding on asses, the snapping and fighting of dogs, the street cries, the water carrying, the public foun tains, the gardens of trees and flowers, are all things of the Bible and of the East. In any suburb of Stamboul, as in every village of Islam, from Belgrade to Bagdad, the ox is yoked to the plough, the women draw water from the well, the slave or the menial servants tend the sheep. The life la everywhere that of Rachel and llutb, of Saul and David. Athcncemn, Lord Carlisle on Oliver Goldsmith. In his address at the ivauguration of the Gold• smith statute at Dublin, on Tuesday, Lord Carlisle said :—" We contemplate a career (Goldsmith's) not free from imprudence, from error, or even from ridicule, but redeemed by the most guileless sim plicity, by the most romantic benevolence, and by the most manly independence. (Cheers.) We contemplate a genius of which no more accurate or pithy summary can be given than in the words which his great friend, Dr. Johnson, inscribed upon the stone which bears his name in Westminster Abbey There was no style of composition which he did not essay—none he essayed which he did not adorn.' But of so much variety and so much excel lence, if I were called upon to select the most strik ing specimens, I should naturally name The Deserted Village,' The Traveller,' and above all, perhaps ' The Vicar of Wakefield.' Why the walls of the Royal Academy of England would not know themselves if a single year came round without exhibiting a subji_ct from the ' Vicar of Wakefield.' Still, novelist, historian, satirist, essay ist, dramatist as he may be, it is mainly as a poet that we represent to ourselves Oliver Goldsmith. It I were to search for an adjective by which to dis tinguish his poetry, I do not think I could find one so fitting as exquisite.' Others have soared to greater heights, and shed intenser light in the poetical heaven ; but where was ever combined more perfect rhythm, more mellow harmony, more refined simplicity, more graceful truth ? Short as my limits must needs be, I would justify my praise by the most convincing process I could use, by recalling a few notes of music of his strain to your, I am sure, not unaccustomed ears. (Cheers.) Take the decline of a virtuous old age—lines I once heard with singular effect ap plied by Lord Brougham to Mr. Wilberforce. (Here his Excellency repeated the passage commencing with the line,' For him no wretches born to work and weep.') From this it is no violent transition to the country clergyman. It is very refreshing to observe how Goldsmith, amidst all his own irregu larities and weaknesses, cherished in his heart of hearts the most genuine and fervid sympathy with goodness. In the case before us this feeling is pro bably heightened by both his filial and fraternal affection. (Here his Excellency quoted the pas sage commencing, At church, with meek and unaffected grace,' and proceeded.) Goldsmith had a most happy gift of satire. I consider Pope to have been the greatest master that ever lived, both of the most exquisite panegyric and one of the most fierce and flaying invective. Between these two extremes Goldsmith could hit off the character of his acquaintance with a touch that was keen, incisive, but never ungentle. (Hear, hear.) Thus, ho said, of his great friend Edmund Burke, of wham I shall still have to say a word more—(His Excellency here quoted the passage beginning with the line Here lies our great Edmund, whose genius was such.') Then of Garrick — Here lies David Garrick, describe him who can, An abridgment of all that was pleasant in man, &c. It is difficult to say in these instances whether the praise or blame predominates, as must naturally happen when mixed characters are the subject, save only when he comes to Sir Joshua Reynolds, Of whom he felt and delighted to fee), that there was nothing but praise to be spoken. I re member no English poet except, indeed, it be Milton—who made more harmonious use of proper names in his verses. (His excellency re peated the lines in which occur Oa hire's cliff, as Arno's shelvy side.") I remember consoling my self with that couplet for a whole day when I was becalmed off the mouth of the Altama. But, above all, the passage I quote too, for other reasons, not the least of these being that it seems to me to be strung to the highest chord in the whole compass of his lyre— And then, sweet Poetry I thou loveliest maid, &c. Hence the full burst of harmony— Farewell! and, oh, where'er th 3 voice be tried, &c. Well, these tables are turned, at all events. Why are we not here to-day, the goodliest of the city— rank, amiability, talent, beauty—but to pay honour to what he thought neglected and decried, to what was his shame in crowds ? Here, in front of his own university, where he was the obscure sizar, but where he has given occasion to every sizar since to feel proud of his position; even here, where we are told that he was laid prostrate on the floor by his brutal tutor Mr. Wilder—there are no such tutors in Trinity College now the home of all dignified and gentle learning, under the mild survey of the vene rable provost—(applause)—even here we are gathered round the poet's statue, before London has erected a single statue in the open air to any of England's mighty bards. Mr. Foley has amply atoned for Mr. Wilder." INCENDIARISM IN YORKSHIRE. At the Epiphany Sessions for the East Riding, held on Tuesday, the magistrates held a long discussion upon the subject of the recent numerous incendiary fires in the stack yards of the Yorkshire Wolds, not one of which had been traced to its author. The chief constable stated the measures he had taken to trace the origin of the fires, one of which was the employment of detectives, which the Police Com mittee sanctioned, and also resolved that the extra expenses should be paid from the police fund. The appended com munication was read, received from the Home-office : " Whitehall, Jan. 1, 1864. Sir, --I tim directed by Secre tary Sir George Grey to inform you that, having been in communication with Lieut.-Col. Woodford, her Majesty's Inspector of Constabulary for the Northern district, on the subject of the incendiary fires, which have of late occurred in the East Riding, he has received a report from that officer, recommending that a temporary increase should be made in the members of the constabulary force, and that the county magistrates should taken into consideration the-pro priety of further dividing the Riding into police districts, co-extensive with the remaining petty sessional division of the Act 3 and 4 Victoria, cap. 88, sec. am, Sir, your obedient servant, H. WADDINGTON. C. W. Strickland, Esq., chairman of Quarter Sessions, East Riding of York." The Hon. Admiral Buncombe said it seemed singular that, although the first fire of the series occurred in the first week in October, information was only sent to the Secretary of State on the 15th of December. The reason was the inabi lity of the committee to sanction any measures that might be adopted for the suppression of the fires. He was of opi nion that an extra expenditure should be agreed to, and that if detectives were employed they should not be subjected to interference from the police. Lord Wenlock explained that he wrote to Government on the 16th or 17th of December, urging the offer of £lOO - reward and a free pardon to any accomplice. In answer to this request there wet e now two detectives employed in investigating the fires, and he hoped the farmers would aid diem as much as possible. There could not be two opinions about the fre quent recurrence of these crimes being a disgrace to the Riding. His Lordship had undertaken to visit every place where a fire had occurred, and took the occasion to deny the truth of the rumour that an ill feeling existed between masters and servants. From the servants themselves he learnt that wages were higher, rather than lower, and that the condition of the working population of the Welds was one of comparative comfort. Wages were Bs. per week, with meat, and 14s. to 15s, otherwise. The Police Com mittee's report was then agreed to, and the trials of pri soners proceeded. The North Riding Sessions were held the same day. The only subject of importance was a de bate upon the recommendation of the Police Committee to continue the teasing of oakum in substitution for the treadwheel. The light but monotonous labour of oakum picking was most trying, and some old offenders greatly preferred to work at the wheel. An amendment was pro posed to return to the wheel, but was lost, the report teing carried by a considerable majority. REGISTERED LETTERS FOR 3 ERUSALEM.—As the regulations of the French Post-office do not allow of registered letters for Jerusalem being sent via France, all letters addressed to Jerusalem which the writers desire to register, will, in future be sent via Belgium and Germany, and the rate of postage applicable to letiers forwarded by that route must be prepaid upon them, viz. :—Not exceeding oz, is ld ; above oz, and not exceeding 1 oz, 2s 20 ; above 1 oz, and not exceeding '2 ozs, 4s 4d; every ounce after the first, '2s 2d. In addition to this postage, a registered fee of 6d must be paid in advance upon registered letters for Jera salm.—By command of the Postmaster-General, IRow- LAND HILL, Secretary. - SIR JAMES OUTRAM.—At a meeting of the Town Council of Aberdeen, on Monday afternoon, Provost Anderson suggested that he should be authorised to com municate with the committee at present making arrange ments for erecting a statue to the memory of Sir James Outram, pointing out the claims of Aberdeen to be the site of the monument, seeing that the " Bayard of India" had received his education in Aberdeen, and spent a good deal of his early life there. Tho proposal was seconded by the Dean of guild and unanimously agreed to. SECOND EDITISN. SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 o'CLocii. ITALY. The son of the late ex-Grand Duke of Tuscany has published a protest, dated Lindau, Dec. 17, against any alienation by the Italian Government of the ecclesiastical or monastic property, the public museums and libraries, or the possessions of the charitable institutiocs of the Grand Duchy, to th© profit of the Sardinia❑ treasury. The Prince, in this document, assumes the title of Ferdinand IV., Grand Duke of Tuscany. THI ;1, EDITION SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. AMERICA. [REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] Per the Australasian via Crookhaven (2.45 p.m.) NEW YORK, DEC. 30, Evening. The Confederate army in East Tennessee ha gone into winter quarters. General Longstreet is still around - Rutledge and Morristown, in East Tennessee. He was unable to pursue his advantage on account of the large num ber of barefooted iu his command. The Italian frigate Re d'ltalia,, built in New York, went ashore yesterday, near Long Branch, during her trial trip, and has not yet got off, though great efforts are being made to save her. Tue City of Manchester has arrived out. The Adriatic has arrived at St. John's. No news of any importance has transpired. Money easy. Gold, 522 per cent. premium. NEW YORK, DEC. 29. All is quiet in Virginia. Adviccs from Charleston to the 27th state that the Federals shelled the city from the night of the 24th till the afternoon of Christmas-day. Twelve buildings were fired ; one white man was killed, and one white woman wounded. The Federal gunboats had a brisk engagement with the Confe derate batteries on Johnson 'stand. Mobile despatches of the 24th state that the two white regiments sent down to Fort Jackson had not recovered the fort, and fighting continued on the 25th. Wheeler's cavalry are operating through Northern Georgia and Eastern Tennessee. Guerillas have appeared on the Arkansas shore of the Mississippi opposite Memphis. Several Confederate officers and soldiers are reported to have arrived at Nevzbern, and accepted President Lincoln's amnesty. The Confederates have returned 500 prisoners in exchange for a similar number sent to City Point by General Butler, but refuse further exchanges until their laws regarding coloured troops are acknow ledged. They refuse further negotiations with General Butler on the ground that he is an outlaw. _ _ Admiral Lissoffski has visited General Butler at Fort Monroe. Advices from New Orleans report that mutual courtesies continue between the Federal com manders in Brownsville, and the Mexican General commending in Matamoras. The Free State men have held a convention in New Orleans, in which negroes were admitted to seats, and the convention was opened by a prayer from a coloured preacher. Two of the Chesapeake pirates have been arrested at St. John's, New Brunswick, and brought for examination before a public magistrate. Count Mercier, the French Ambassador, will shortly leave Washington for Paris. The iron-clad Dictator has been successfully launched at New York. _ _ Business don, 106 } t 51i 211 ---- The Olympus and Hammonia have arrived out. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, DEC. 29, Evening. Money easy, buffirm at 7 per cent. Gold opened yesterday at 511, and has advanced since on account of a more active demand to 521 per cent. premium, at which price it closed to-day. Exchange on London—Bankers bills, 167; on Paris, 3.35. Stocks steady. New York Centrals, 133; Erie, 1071 ; Illinois, 116 l; 6 per Cent. United States Bonds, 1041. _ Cotton tending downwards. Middling upland, 801 to 82c. Flour good demand for export. Wheat and corn advancing. Provisions good enquiry. Coffee and sugar quiet. Molasses steady. Petroleum quiet ; crude, 32 to 321 ; refined, 46 to 47. John Rous to be Captain and Lieutenant-Color tel , by purchase, vice David Hunter Blair, who retires-13n sign and Lieutenant Jocelyn Henry Watkins Thomas ti o be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice Rous—P on sonby Begot, Gent., to be Ensign and Lieutenant.. by purchase, vice Thomas. 3d Regiment of Foot—Ensign Edward Girdlestone Grahrten to be Lieutenant, by pure/ease, vice John Augustus% Vivian, who retires—John Gauld, Gent., to be Ensign,. by purchase, vice Graham. 4th Foot—Lieutenant Charles Edward Billing to be Cap tain, by purchase, vice Thomas Sheppard, who retiresi— Ensign Edgar Montagu Kemp to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice tilling—John Beaufin Irving, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Kemp. 6th Foot—Gentleman Cadet James Edward Barton, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without pur chase, vice George Malcolm Fox, transferred to the Mai Foot. 11th Foot—Captain Frederick Torrens Lyster to be Major, by purchase, vice Ellis James Charter, who retires—Lieu tenant Alexander Miller Arthur, to be Captain, by pur chase, vice Leyster—Ensign Edward Lee Street to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Arthur—John Fene Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Street—Liou tenant Thomas George Miles to be Adjutant, vice Lie at. AL-x. Miller Arthur, promoted. 13th Foot—Lieutenant Edward Lutwyche England to be Captain, by purchase, vice Coningsby M. Harward, wno retires—Ensign John Francis Bettis to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice England—Denis Alexander Shyne Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Bettis. 15th Foot—Lieutenant John Lew to be Captain, by pier chase, vice Henry P ,ohafto Orde, who retires—Lieute nant Wil iam Campbell Coiquhoun to be Captain, by pur chase, vice Thomas Eccles Dickson, who retires—Ensign Charles John Burnett to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Low—Ensign Robert Hill Wyllie, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Coiquhoun—William Francis Maitland Kirwan, Gent,, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Burnett —Henry Bonner Maurice, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Wyllie. 18th Foot—Lieutenant Richard William E. Dawgm to be Captain, without purchase, vice Alfred Macdonald, de ceased—Ensign Charles curd Cornish to be Lieuten ant, without purchase, vice Dawson—Lieutenant Falcon Peter I eonard, from the 65th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Croft, Nr% no exchanges—Gentleman•Cadet George Crich ton Jenkins, irom the Royal Military College, to be En situ, without purchase, vice Cornish. 23d Foot—Gentleman-Cadet Samuel John Dunlop, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without pur chase, vice Thomas Cummings, deceased. 25th Foot—Lieutenant and Captain the Honourable :Nor man Leslie Melville, from 'he Grenadier Guards, to be Captain, receiving the difference, vice Legh, who ex changes. 31st Foot—Ensign Richard Langford Lair, from 39th Foot, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Colin Campbell Mclntyre, cashiered by the sentence of a General Court Martial, but allowed to receive the value of his Commis sion. 35th root—Ensign John Claxton Addiion to be Lieuten ant, by purchase, vice William Angier Brock, whose promotion, by purchase, on 22d September, 1863, has been cancelled; Gentleman Cadet William John Vous don, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Win. Angier Brock, deceased. 39th Foot—Henry Dean, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Richard Langford Leir, promoted, by pur chase, in the 31st Foot. 65th Foot—Lieut. Lionel Smith Warren to be Captain, without purchase, vice Richard Switt, killed in action; Ensign Wm. Byam to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Warrea ; Colour-Serghant Edward McKenna to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Byam ; Lieut W. Thos. Croft, from 18th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Leonard, who exchanges. 71st Foot—Gentleman Cadet Cecil Hamner Banbury, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without pur chase, vice Charles Balfour Murray, deceased. 82d Foot—Lieut. James Athol Brock to be Instructor of Musketry, vice Lieut, W. Reeves Banbury, who resigns the appointment. 90th Foot—Colour-Sergeant lames Henry Jackson to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Nolan, promoted. 100th Foot—Ensign George Malcolm Fox, from 6th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Richard Barclay, whose appointment has been cancelled. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT—Surgeon-Major John Summers, M.D., from the Royal Engineers, to be Staff Surgeon- Major, vice William Alexander White, M.D., appointed to the Royal Artillery—Staff-Surgeons Eneas Mackintosh and David Reid Mackinnon, having completed 20 years full service, to be Staff Surgeon-Majors, under the Royal Warrant of Oct. 1, 1858—Assistant- Surgeon Bvng Thos. Giraud, M.D., Supernumerary in the ?lst Foot, to be Staff Assistant-Surgeon, vice Charles Dodgson Madden, appointed to the Royal Artillery—Staff Assistant- Sur geons Hammerton Crump, M,D., and William Holmes have been permitted to resign their commissions. UNATTACHED—Lieutenant Vincent Applin, from the Military Train, to be Captain, without purchase—Ensign W. Willcocks, on the Unattached List of her Majesty's Bengal Army, to be Lieutenant, Bengal Establishment. BREVET. - Colonel John St. George, C.B , Royal Artillery, lately serving as President of the Ordnance Select Committee, with the temporary rank of Brigadier-General, to have the local rank of Major-General while holding the appointment of Director of Ordnance. Paymaster George Thompson, half-pay late 21st Foot, to have the honorary rank of Major. Paymaster William Handasyde Buchanan, 7th Foot, to have the honorary rank of Captain. The undermentioned officers having completed the quali fying service in the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, under the provisions of the Royal Warrant of 14th October, 1858, to be Colonels :—Lieutenant- Colonels James Dodington Car michael, C,8., 94th Foot—Frederick Green Wilkinson, Depot Battalion—William Albert Stratton, half-pay, late 6th Foot, Deputy Quartermaster-General, Mauritius — William Henry Seymour, C. 8., 2d Dragoon Guards—Ar thur George Vesey, 46th Foot—William Radcliff, 75th Foot —John Cormick, 20th Foot—John Wellesley Thomas, C. 8., 67th Foot. ADMIRALTY, JAN. 5. Royal Marine Light Infantry—First Lieutenant and Quar termaster Charles Francis Coppin to be Captain, vice W. Jolliffe, to half •pay ; Secoud Lieutenant H. Dixon (2d) to be First Lieutenant, vice Coppin. JAN. 6—First Lieutenant and Adjutant Wm. Morris Pritchett to be Lieutenant and Quartermaster, vice Coppin, promoted ; First Lieutenant Joseph George Shanks to be Adjutant, vice Pritchett. Course of the Exchange—This Day. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam Antwerp.. Brussels 11 16} 11 181 11 184 25 60 25 60 Hamburgh — 13 7} Paris Ditto Marseilles Frankfort on Maine ll9 Vienna Trieste .. 12 40 Petersburgh Berlin Madrid Cadiz Leghorn .. Milan Genoa.... Naples Palermo .. Messina 11 17 11 19t 11 19} 25 65 25 65 13 8 25 30 25 75 25 75 1191 12 50 12 50 33k, 481 484 5 .90 25 90 25 87} 25 90 2.5 90 25 90 25 85 25 85 25 821 25 85 25 85 25 85 FOURTH EDITION. SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 7 o'CLocK. LONDON GAZETTE,—This Evening, BY THE QUEEN.—A PROCLAMATION. VICTORIA, R.—Whereas our Parliament stands pro rogued to Wednesday, the 13th day of January instant, We, with the advice of Our Privy Council, do hereby pub lish and declare, that the said Parliament shall be further prorogued, on the said 13th January instant, to Thursday, the 4th day of February next; and We have given order to Our Chancellor of that part of Our United Kingdom called Great Britain to prepare a Commission for prorog uing the same accordingly : and We do hereby fu rther, wit the advice aforesaid, declare Our royal will and pleasure, that the said Parliament shall, on the said Thurs da y , the 4th day of February next, assemble and be holden for the de spatch of divers urgent and important affairs : and the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Knights, Citizens, and Burgesses, and the Commissioners for Shires and Burghs of the House of Commons, are hereby required and commanded to give their attendance accordingly, at Westminster, on the said Thursday, the 4th day of Feb ruary next. Given at Our Court at Osborne House, Isle of Wight, this 7th day of January, in the year of our Lord, 1864, and in the 27th of Our reign. GOD SAVE THE QUEEN. FOREIGN. OFFICE, DEC. 31. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Wil frid Scawen Blunt, Esq., now Attache to her Majesty's Legation at Madrid, and George Sheffield, Esq., now Attache to her Majesty's Legation at Washington, to be Third Secretaries in her Majesty's Diplomatic Service. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Don Francisco de Uncilla as Consul at Cardiff for her Majesty the Queen of Spain. The Queen ha also been pleased to approve of Had. Said Guest's as Consul at Gibraltar for the Sultan o Morocco. JANUARY 6. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Alex andre Conighi as Provisional Consul at Singapore for his Majesty the Emperor of Austria. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. Fran cesco Stella as Consul at Gibraltar for his Majesty the King of Italy. Tae Queen has also been pleased to approve of Don Joaquin de Avendana as Consul at Newcastle, and of Don Mariano Ricardo de Asensi as Vice-Consul at Liverpool, for her Majesty the Queen of Spain. DOWNING-STREET, JAN. 6. The Queen has been phased to appoint Percy Black• wood, Esq., to be Colonial Secretary for the Island o Tobago, CROWN OFFICE, JAN. 7. MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN TILE PRESENT PAIL LIAMENT. County of Buckingham—Robert Bateson Harvey, Esq., in the room of the Hon. William George Cavendish, now a Peer of the United Kingdom. WAR. OFFICE, PALL MALL, JAN. 8. 6th Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Captain and Brevet- Major John Robertson Turnbull, from 18th Hussars, to be Captain, vice Arthur George Smith, who exchanges. 4th Hussars—Lieutenant Alexander Fair Jones to be Captain, by purchase, vice William Hone Davis, who retires—Cornet William Smith Cooke to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Jones. 12th Lancers—Gentleman Cadet Ambrose Clement Wol seley Cox, from the Royal Military College, to be Cor net, by purchase, vice John Brooke Maher Caren; who has retired. 18th Hussars—Captain Arthur George Smith, from 6th Dragoon Guards, to bo Captain, vice Brevet-Major Turnbull. who exchanges. . • Royal Artillery—Captain and Brevet L ieutenant-Colonel Charles Vincent Bowie to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice George Elliot Voyle, removed to the Supernumerary List—Second Captain George Oliver Rybot to be Cap tain, vice Bowie—Lieutenant Edward Charles William Raynstord to be Second Captain, vice Rybot—Gentle man Cadet George Plunkett to be Lieutenant, vice Baker, promoted—Riding Master George Louis Wilkin son, from 3d Madras Light Cavalry, to be Riding Master —Staff-Surgeon William Alexander White, M.D., to be Surgeon, vice Thomas Ithys, deceased—Staff Assistant- Surgeon Charles Dudgeon Madden to be Assistant- Surgeon, vice James Balfour Cockburn, M.D., pro moted in the Royal Engineers. Royal Engineers—Assistant-Surgeon Jas, Balfour Cock burn, M.D., from the Royal Artillery, to be Surgeoo, vice Surgeon-Major John Summers, M.D., appointed to the Staff. Military Train—Ensign Charles Kennett, from 3d West India Regiment, to be Ensign, vice Benjamin Simper. promoted—Sergeant Major John Moorhouse to be En sign, vice Andrew John Saunders, transferred to the 84th Foot. Grenadier Guards—Captain Henry Martin Cornwall Legh, from the 25th Foot, to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice the Hon. Norman Leslie Melville, who exchanges. Coldstream Guards—Lieutenant and Captain the Hon. Edward Henry Legge to be Adjutant, vice Lieutenant and Captain the Hon, Richard Monck, promoted. Scot r l .l§ilier Gnarda—Lieuteuant and Captain William BANKRUPTS The fallowing are the only bankrupts of commercial im— portance in the Gazette: — Henry Hines Pierce, grocer, Tonbridge Thomas blounsey, grocer, Battersea John Jelly, grocer, Waltham Walter Clifford, master, Ware Stephen Leggett, farmer, Whitstable Edward Kent, timber merchant, Bethnal-green George Yarlett, boot maker, Reading Hawes, W. Lockwood, tailor, New-road, Whitechapel Chas. Gutteridge, brewer, Stamfordham John Coles, hair dresser, Newport Robert Savory, plumber and glazier, Hereford James Lewis, miller, Garway, Herefordshire Moses Marsden, yeast dealer, Royton, Lancashire 3 William Leigh, grocer, Warrington James Gray, farmer, Staffordshire John Handley, farmer, Brineton BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED. Fred. and Wm. Hall, auctioneers, Kennington Fredk. Crockfard, eeper St. James-street SCO ran BANKRU P T S. Wiiliam Hamilton, baker Glasgow Thomas Paris, farmer, Lphall, near Linlithgow William Moodie, farmer, Monikie, Forfar Michael Lawrie, joiner, Auchencraw, Berwick William Deane, merchant, Portsoy, Banffshire ENGLISH AND IRISH BANK. a - MEETING THIS DAY. The first ordinary general meeting of share holders of the English and Irish Bank was held to-day—Sir Robert Carden in the chair. The report stated that the profit and loss account showed that the gross profits of the bank had been £9,298 13s. 2d. Out of this stun all current ex penses had been defrayed, and bad and doubtful debts fully allowed for; leaving a profit of £1,997 6s. 11d., which it was proposed to carry to profit and loss new account, as the directors considered it undesirable to divide it at this early period. In estimating the result it should be borne in mind that the capital called up to June was too small to allow of any profit to that date, and. that the expenses of a new undertaking were always disproportionately heavy. The CHAIRMAN, in submitting a motion for the adoption of the report, congratulated the share holders upon the success the bank had attained since its establishment. The capital was small, but the directors had nevertheless earned a gross profit of 121 per cent., and a net profit of 5 per cent. The s►sares issued numbered 7,282. The report was unanimously adopted, and a vote of thanks passed in favour of the directors. Liverpool Cotton Market —This Day. Mallet quiet. Sales about 1,500 bales, WEEKLY REPORT. Sales of the week, 43,130---peglo,9l9—export, 6,000 —actual sales, 2,924. Quotations — Mi ddlin g Orleans, 28 —Mobile, 27/ —Upland, 27f —fair Egypt i an , 281. 752—cV.imatod stock, 262,900 Week's impor ts, 10, —Surate, 1,526, ro o I till° cle y a ott ue 130 WS 11 ; t t ° 0 10 Ab nr 100 Sk zoi to too 1 stock stock stock 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 stook stook 20 20 100 100 stook stock stock stock stoek stock ISSE Plod. all 100 74 all all 100 too 100 too 100 100 100